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CNY Big Meal with CRABS at Crab Generation

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Overrated Food at San Low Seafood Restaurant, Johor Bahru

I don't give bad reviews sometimes, even if the food tastes not really good in some restaurants. But too bad I'm gotta share my experience on this meal to my readers here. I read a lot of reviews from few bloggers regarding this restaurants and everyone are giving super great comments on their food. So, I choose to come ahead to try.

Date Visited: 17th September 2016

Time Visited: 8.30pm

We found a table and sit down. Perhaps, the table is still in a mess so we request a staff to clean. After few minutes, we are approached to place order. It's nice that they do provide menus upon ordering. That's impressive I would say. We have been told that our waiting time is around 35 minutes. So, our food are served after 35 minutes.

Pork ribs is served at the beginning. And it's so much disappointment from us. The pork meat is not soft and chewy. I have no idea how to describe, it's just couldn't fix my taste bud.

I would give some expectation on my favorite squid dish. This dish is cooked with butter, and it tastes just like a normal dish with no special handling or flavor. This is the small portion size and it costs me RM19 which I think it's not worth for it.

Hong Kong Taufu tastes ok and the sauce is not really flavored as expected.

San Low Bee Hoon is the signature dish at San Low Seafood Restaurant. So I make a try on it. Personally think that it has nothing special till could be known as the specialty of the restaurant. (p/s: I read from all the reviews on the blogs claiming that San Low Bee Hoon is a must try dish on your next visit.) Apparently, the beehoon is cooked plainly with egg, few slices of fish paste and vegetables. I can feel that there is so much msg applied to this dish. RM10 to get this, I don't think it is worth. Overall, I don't really like the sweet and sour pork ribs and the butter squid. I'm putting some expectations of these two dishes but they are disappointed me.

Lastly, I do really wish those who operate businesses should always educate your staffs on how to serve customers to meet satisfaction. I believe that nobody would like to see your unpleasant expression while visiting to your stores or shops. There are a lot of spaces of improvement on the quality of food. I personally think that it's not worth for waiting to be served after more than half an hour.

**So sorry for writing this out but I do really need to share my bad experience to my readers. This is how I felt after reading lots of good reviews from several bloggers and went to try it out. Maybe other dishes are tasted ok and maybe I am bad luck on it. Anyway, you can still head onto there to try it out yourself. :) **

San Low Seafood Restaurant 三楼海鲜

Address: Jalan Biru, Taman Pelangi, 80400 Johor Bahru

Map: http://g.co/maps/tzfjp

Hours: Daily 4:30pm to 1:00am

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Wey Wey 2 Life Seafood at Batam Island

Batam

I get to know this restaurant by browsing through the internet and I found that most of the tourists love to visit this place. When I am on the taxi, the taxi driver indicates that Wey Wey Seafood is the most popular eating place for tourists. Well, I have made a good choice to settle my dinner at here. I head to here after shopping at BCS Mall.

Taxi fare from BCS Mall to Wey Wey 2 Seafood Restaurant : IDR50,000 (RM15/SGD$5)

We request the taxi driver to drop us at our hotel because we want to drop down the stuffs we bought from BCS hypermarket before heading to dinner, so we give him IDR5,000 for tips. (RM1.50)

Well, I did not manage to snap picture of the restaurant because I am sitting facing to the restaurant beside Wey Wey 2. The environment looks so nice to dine in. The restaurants are actually at the side of the river so it has little bit of the smell of the sea water, however you would get use to it later.

They have coconut drinks, juices, soft drinks and beers. I have ordered an apple juice and my boy has ordered an orange juice. I am so surprised that the menu does not indicate the price of the dishes. But no worries, I have done some research from the net that the price is cheap so don't worry and just order as much as you can eat. I feel like eating fish so I plan to order the kerapu steam HongKong. I think fish might be a bit high price compared to other dishes so I ask the waiter for the price before ordering. The waiter says it is at around IDR200,000. It's so cheap! Thus, I order it without having any thought!

Kerapu Stem HongKong - The fish is fresh and the meat tastes nice and sweet. There are only two of us so we ask for small fish. The portion is just nice for two to three persons.

Teppan Tofu - It is a normal dish which we always have at any chinese restaurants out there. The only special thing is that there are eggs at the bottom of the tofu and broth. It tastes a bit salty but yet it is just nice to be eaten together with rice.

Sotong Telur Asin - This is the dish I like the most! The squid is fried with salted egg and you can see that there is watery salted egg sauce around the squid.

Udang Nestum - Prawns are fried with nestum and it is really delicious. It would taste better if it is cooked with the prawn's shell removed.

Guess what, my dinner costs me IDR414,00 (RM126/SGD$42) in total (4 dishes + 2 bowl of rice + 4 drinks)! It is so cheap yet I have almost all the seafood dishes on the table.

Location of Wey Wey 2: Habour Bay (It is just next to the Habour Bay Ferry Terminal)

How to get there: By taxi (taxi fare is very low at here so don't worry, just hop on)

What to order: anything you like!

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Restaurant Soft Shell Crab Specialist (亚洲软壳蟹皇), Seri Kembangan

chinese cuisine

Fresh seafood restaurant is always one of the most favorite selection for dinners in group. This restaurant is popular with their soft shell crabs. The specialty of soft shell crabs attract a lot of customers to visit them. The location of the restaurant is a bit hard to spot, it is at outside The Mines Shopping Mall which is behind the building.

How do I know the seafood is fresh or not?

Yes! There are many aquariums at the restaurants where they are full of seafood inside the aquariums. The owner mentions that he has his own aquarium in Sabah to rear soft shell crabs. The most quality one would be couriered to their restaurant here.

Steamed Prawns in Chinese Herbs (堂煲草虾)

The prawns are placed in a herbal broth with angelica sinensis, ginger, wolfberries, and chilli. It is then presented on the table and steamed in front of the customers for 10-15 minutes. After that, the aluminium foil to be removed and it is then ready to serve the customers.

Steamed Prawns in Chinese Herbs (堂煲草虾)

The chef is so kind to serve us this dish which is not in the menu.

Chef's Special Soft Shell Crab (茶具软壳蟹)

This is their signature soft shell crabs! This is a must try dish during your first time visit. The way it is served is very beautiful with a Chinese pot (filled with secret sauce) and few little cups.

Chef's Special Soft Shell Crab (茶具软壳蟹)

Claypot Beggar Rice (生煲乞丐饭)

Beggar Rice? The name of the dish sounds interesting to me. I like the way they prepare the rice with crispy pork lard.

Claypot Beggar Rice (生煲乞丐饭)

Stir-fried Kailan with Hong Kong Preserved Veggies (招牌梅菜炒港芥兰)

It tastes so good with Hong Kong preserved veggies. A very unique way to prepare this dish.

Stir-fried Kailan with Hong Kong Preserved Veggies (招牌梅菜炒港芥兰)

Signature Braised Claypot Pork Leg (招牌沙煲猪手)

Yeah! Here comes my favorite dish of the day! It makes me missed my hometown food as well. The caramelized sauce coats on the pork leg and best to be eaten together with white rice.